In a recent News item,1 the sentence “Studies have shown that patients initially lose between 35%–60% of baseline body weight and maintain weight reductions of approximately 16% after 8 years” should have read “Studies have shown … after 10 years.”
Reference
- 1.Padwal RS, Lewanczuk RZ. Trends in bariatric surgery in Canada, 1993–2003. CMAJ 2005;172(6):735. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed]
